Ain Dhalia, Tunisia - tuni001 Additional Site Information Ramzi Touchan Measurement type: Total ring width Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Location of core material: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona Reference: Touchan, R., K.J. Anchukaitis, D.M. Meko, M. Sabir, S. Attalah, and A. Aloui. 2010. Spatiotemporal drought variability in northwestern Africa over the last nine centuries. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0804-4 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : TUNI001.CRN Measurement file name : TUNI001.RWL Date checked : 03NOV10 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1684 Ending year : 2003 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan Site name : Ain Dhalia Site location : Tunisia Species information : QUCA MIRBECK'S OAK Latitude : 3629 Longitude : 00818 Elevation : 700M Series intercorrelation: 0.570 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.325 Avg standard deviation : 0.774 Avg autocorrelation : 0.646 Number dated series : 30 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 6 Pct problem segments : 2.88 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Ain Dhalia 16:13 Wed 03 Nov 2010 Page 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under .3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 AID01A 1795 2003 .75 .77 .72 .64 .62 .70 .70 .61 .61 2 AID01B 1795 2003 .80 .81 .80 .68 .57 .69 .76 .70 .70 3 AID02A 1807 2003 .80 .80 .78 .73 .77 .72 .68 .71 4 AID02B 1807 2003 .77 .75 .74 .56 .60 .77 .75 .77 5 AID03A 1684 2003 .65 .64 .60 .54 .56 .70 .78 .68 .49 .37 .32B .52 .67 6 AID03B 1684 2003 .51 .55 .68 .61 .60 .74 .65 .46 .36 .39 .45 .54 .59 7 AID04A 1882 2003 .48 .60 .63 .63 .65 8 AID04B 1882 2003 .49 .60 .76 .73 .73 9 AID05A 1876 2003 .57 .55 .57 .39 .37 10 AID05B 1876 2003 .36 .52 .62 .31A .31B 11 AID07A 1821 2003 .76 .79 .71 .61 .67 .62 .58 .53 12 AID07B 1821 2003 .68 .73 .56 .50 .55 .54 .57 .61 13 AID08A 1851 2003 .52 .51 .41 .50 .68 .69 14 AID08B 1851 2003 .58 .54 .47 .53 .67 .70 15 AID09A 1810 2003 .48 .52 .41 .43 .46 .52 .61 .63 16 AID09B 1810 2003 .59 .59 .43 .52 .62 .58 .60 .66 17 AID10A 1710 2003 .58 .66 .63 .46 .32B .37 .47 .64 .57 .54 .47 .48 18 AID10B 1710 2003 .68 .73 .63 .44 .36B .42 .43 .57 .59 .63 .57 .62 19 AID12A 1907 2003 .55 .57 .71 .69 20 AID12B 1907 2003 .50 .57 .68 .70 21 AID13A 1898 2003 .47 .49 .43 .41 .42 22 AID13B 1898 2003 .46 .48 .57 .60 .59 23 AID14A 1884 2003 .34 .54 .66 .58 .58 24 AID14B 1884 2003 .32B .48 .57 .59 .53 25 AID15A 1858 2003 .43 .58 .56 .59 .64 .67 26 AID15B 1858 2003 .39 .44 .47 .63 .70 .73 27 AID16A 1884 2003 .45 .52 .50 .54 .58 28 AID16B 1884 2003 .50 .61 .53 .54 .57 29 AID17A 1898 2003 .35 .36 .46 .51 .55 30 AID17B 1898 2003 .44 .47 .60 .52 .53 Av segment correlation .58 .61 .67 .61 .60 .65 .66 .56 .50 .54 .58 .59 .61 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Ain Dhalia 16:13 Wed 03 Nov 2010 Page 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 AID01A 1795 2003 209 9 0 .673 1.09 2.72 .444 .511 .299 2.66 .436 .001 2 2 AID01B 1795 2003 209 9 0 .716 1.15 2.81 .464 .545 .303 2.69 .452 .036 2 3 AID02A 1807 2003 197 8 0 .749 1.53 4.41 .773 .593 .333 2.65 .407 -.005 3 4 AID02B 1807 2003 197 8 0 .714 1.41 4.27 .822 .687 .317 2.65 .419 .004 3 5 AID03A 1684 2003 320 13 1 .569 .94 2.07 .360 .719 .230 2.74 .385 .032 1 6 AID03B 1684 2003 320 13 0 .558 .90 1.90 .338 .674 .238 2.79 .447 .013 1 7 AID04A 1882 2003 122 5 0 .576 2.30 5.88 1.211 .639 .354 2.85 .475 .010 1 8 AID04B 1882 2003 122 5 0 .642 2.23 5.21 1.103 .603 .357 2.65 .456 -.027 1 9 AID05A 1876 2003 128 5 0 .489 1.51 4.48 1.106 .770 .394 2.70 .460 .045 1 10 AID05B 1876 2003 128 5 2 .412 1.60 6.04 1.207 .741 .404 2.84 .558 .074 1 11 AID07A 1821 2003 183 8 0 .659 1.19 5.42 .859 .714 .296 2.93 .376 .028 1 12 AID07B 1821 2003 183 8 0 .596 1.15 4.91 .813 .700 .322 3.02 .368 .007 1 13 AID08A 1851 2003 153 6 0 .533 1.66 4.46 .837 .581 .345 2.69 .379 .022 1 14 AID08B 1851 2003 153 6 0 .564 1.66 4.50 .886 .621 .348 2.67 .375 .026 1 15 AID09A 1810 2003 194 8 0 .488 .99 3.59 .510 .596 .323 2.93 .375 .008 2 16 AID09B 1810 2003 194 8 0 .559 1.12 3.42 .540 .616 .339 2.62 .343 -.004 1 17 AID10A 1710 2003 294 12 1 .497 .86 2.59 .458 .635 .344 2.92 .414 .015 3 18 AID10B 1710 2003 294 12 1 .542 .98 2.84 .486 .690 .308 2.68 .352 -.006 2 19 AID12A 1907 2003 97 4 0 .618 1.87 4.92 .947 .522 .370 2.68 .434 -.022 2 20 AID12B 1907 2003 97 4 0 .613 2.22 6.35 1.003 .465 .323 2.78 .573 -.022 3 21 AID13A 1898 2003 106 5 0 .457 1.69 4.74 .831 .617 .358 2.91 .609 -.048 2 22 AID13B 1898 2003 106 5 0 .540 1.74 4.96 .881 .495 .373 3.01 .605 -.023 1 23 AID14A 1884 2003 120 5 0 .500 2.21 6.87 1.181 .706 .292 2.78 .421 .005 2 24 AID14B 1884 2003 120 5 1 .463 2.09 6.86 1.193 .756 .284 2.86 .509 .013 2 25 AID15A 1858 2003 146 6 0 .563 1.81 5.75 1.020 .527 .402 2.63 .366 .013 1 26 AID15B 1858 2003 146 6 0 .539 1.81 5.17 .948 .541 .405 2.84 .508 -.001 1 27 AID16A 1884 2003 120 5 0 .532 1.61 5.93 1.151 .825 .323 2.67 .398 .018 1 28 AID16B 1884 2003 120 5 0 .558 1.60 5.99 1.107 .808 .304 2.92 .447 .022 1 29 AID17A 1898 2003 106 5 0 .459 2.14 6.60 1.457 .723 .376 2.77 .380 .013 1 30 AID17B 1898 2003 106 5 0 .510 1.88 5.93 1.287 .688 .390 2.97 .626 -.023 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 4990 208 6 .570 1.42 6.87 .774 .646 .325 3.02 .430 .010